The suspect in a series of sexual assaults in the Denver area and Washington state believes he is a member of a secret society in which the world is divided between “alphas” and “bravos,” and that because he is an “alpha,” he can have sex with anyone he wants, according to an arrest affidavit from Snohomish County, Wash.

O’Leary’s defense attorney said the deal has been complicated because of charges filed in Washington in April. As we reported a few weeks ago, the victim in that case was charged with false reporting, in part because her attacker was so meticulous in cleaning up evidence. According to the affidavit for O’Leary’s arrest there, the victim, who was 18 at the time, also recanted her story at one point.

The case was reopened and O’Leary charged after investigators from Golden, Westminster, Lakewood, Aurora and the FBI combined efforts to identify the Lakewood man as a suspect. When they searched his home, they found more than 400 photos of the Washington attack on a camera memory card belonging to O’Leary, according to the affidavit.

The document also states that someone close to O’Leary told authorities about the “secret society” of alphas — also called “wolves” — and bravos. Detectives testified during O’Leary’s preliminary hearing that the attacker in the assaults they investigated here also referred to “alphas” and “bravos” during the attacks.

Authorities in Washington have apologized to the victim in the 2008 case, repaid her the $500 fine and have had her record expunged.

Deputy District Attorney Robert Weiner also said during a hearing last month that police believe DNA has linked O’Leary to another Washington attack. He has not been charged in that case.